Malheur County, Oregon Argus Observer Newspaper Obituary Index (May 2000) ********************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE: ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ********************************************************************************* May 18, 2000 05/18/00 Dorothy M. Boosinger, 90, formerly of Weiser, died April 29. A memorial services is being planned for a later date for her immediate family. Agnes Blanche Boyle, 87, Hillsboro, Ore., formerly of Ontario, died May 8 in Hillsboro. Private family services will be conducted. Arrangements are under the direction of Donelson, Sewell and Mathews Mortuary, Hillsboro. Norman Ernest Cutler, 77, Nyssa, died May 10 at home. Services will be 10 a.m. May 16 at Owyhee Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, under the direction of Lienkaemper Chapel. Interment will follow at the Owyhee Cemetery. Lawrence M. "Duke" Duclos, 75, Weiser, died May 5 at Weiser. Vigil services were 7 p.m. May 8 at St. Agnes Catholic Church, Weiser. Funeral Mass was celebrated at 10 a.m. May 9 at St. Agnes Catholic Church, Weiser. The rite of burial was at Hillcrest Cemetery, Weiser, under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home, Weiser. Lou Rachel Gunn, died May 7 at a Boise hospital. Memorial services will be 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Riverside Manor, Ontario. Leslie "Ted" Hixon, 88, Caldwell, died May 9 at the Caldwell Care Center in Caldwell, Idaho. Memorial services will be May 17 at 10 a.m. at Lienkaemper Chapel, Ontario. Jeannette Johnson, 71, Weiser, died May 6 at a Boise hospital. Memorial services were 11 a.m. May 8 at Community Church, Weiser, under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home, Weiser. June Marie Leininger, 71, Boise, formerly of Weiser, died May 5. Graveside services were 2 p.m. May 8 at the Meridian Cemetery, under the direction of Chapel of the Chimes, Meridian. Carol Ann Sinclair Lewallen, 54, Weiser, died May 7 at home. Memorial graveside services were 10 a.m. May 11 at Hillcrest Cemetery, Weiser, under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home, Weiser. Jewel Faye Luna, 76, Parma, died May 9 in an Ontario hospital. Services were 2:30 p.m. May 12 at Cloverdale Funeral Home in Boise. Interment followed at Terrace Lawn Memorial Gardens. Louie Gilbert Madrid Sr., 65, Nyssa, died May 7 at home. Recitation of the Rosary was May 11 at 7 p.m. at St. Bridget's Catholic Church, Nyssa. Funeral Liturgy was May 12 at 10 a.m. at St. Bridget's Catholic Church. Burial followed at Hilltop Memorial Cemetery, under the arrangements of Haren-Wood Funeral Chapel, Ontario. Bertha May Matherly, long time resident of Arcadia area near Nyssa died May 7, at the age of 93 years. Services were 2 p.m. May 11 at Lienkaemper Chapel, Ontario, officiating. Burial followed in Evergreen Cemetery, Ontario. Velda Fern Nelson, 86, Payette, died May 7 at home. Celebration of Life Mass was celebrated at 11 a.m. May 12 at Holy Family Catholic Church, Payette. Arrangements were under the direction of Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, Payette. Tim O'Grady, 59, Vale, died May 6. Services pending, Haren-Wood Funeral Chapel, Ontario. Grant W. Peacock, 81, Payette, died May 10 at an Ontario hospital. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. May 16 at Riverside Cemetery, Payette. Arrangements are under the direction of Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, Payette. Dan William Pokriots, 79, Fruitland, died May 9 at a Payette care center. At his request, no services will be conducted. Cremation arrangements were under the direction of Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, Fruitland. Jari Bryon Priddy, 27, New Meadows, formerly of Weiser and Fruitland, died May 1 in Bloomfield, N.M., in a helicopter crash. Memorial services will be 1 p.m. May 13 at the New Meadows High School Gymnasium. Zelma Roe, 74, Weiser, died May 4 at a Weiser care center. Graveside services were 2 p.m. May 9 at Hillcrest Cemetery, Weiser, under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home, Weiser. Irma M. Rowberry, 98, formerly of Payette, died May 6. Graveside services were 11 a.m. May 11 at Riverside Cemetery, Payette. Memorial services will be at a later date at Trinity Episcopal Church, Southport, Conn. Arrangements were under the direction of Summers Funeral Homes, Boise Chapel. Florene Elizabeth Rudd, 97, Payette, died May 9 at a Payette care center. Services will be 2 p.m. May 18 at Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, Payette. Ray Scharbrough, 60, formerly of Weiser, died May 9 at Riddle, Ore. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. May 15 at Hillcrest Cemetery, Weiser, under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home, Weiser. Fred L. Sheppard, 76, Praire City, Ore., formerly of the Nyssa and Ontario area, died May 10 at an Ontario hospital. Services will be 10 a.m. May 15 at Lienkaemper Chapel, Ontario. Private burial will be at Hillcrest Cemetery, Weiser. Barbara Frances Treiber, 80, Hillsboro, formerly of Ontario, died May 3 of a heart attack. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Portland Heritage Memorial Chapel. Wanda Wilder, 66, Ontario, died May 11. Services pending, Haren-Wood Funeral Chapel, Payette. Ethel Isabelle Yelton, 81, Weiser, formerly of McCall and Boise, died May 8 at home. Services were 10 a.m. May 12 at Thomason Funeral Chapel, Weiser. Graveside services were 2 p.m. May 12 at Dry Creek Cemetery, Boise. May 19, 2000 Raymond A. Bacon, 78, Farnsworth, Texas, formerly of New Plymouth, died April 26, at a care home in Perryton, Texas. Memorial services will be 4:30 p.m. May 21 at Rosedale Cemetery in Payette, Idaho. Edna L. Beckdolt, Vale, died May 14 in Caldwell. Services pending, Lienkaemper Chapel, Vale. Lynda M. Broadbent, 61, Weiser, died May 16 at a Weiser care center. Graveside services will be 2:30 p.m. May 23 at Hillcrest Cemetery, Weiser, under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home, Weiser. Helen Mae Shepler Burge, 88, Payette, died May 12 at a local care center. Services were 2 p.m. May 15 at Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, Payette. Burial followed at Rosedale Memorial Gardens, Payette. Albert Ross Clay, 77, Ontario, Ore., died, May 17. Services will be 11 a.m. May 20 at the Meadows Valley Cemetery, under direction of the Heikkila Funeral Chapel, McCall. A memorial service will be at a later date. Mary Ann Coats, 70, Weiser, died May 17 at home. Services pending, Thomason Funeral Home, Weiser. Robert "Bob" Leroy Edmondson, 47, Nyssa, died May 16 near Fruitland, Idaho. Services were 10 a.m. May 19 at Lienkaemper Chapel, Nyssa. Cremation followed with private family inurnment at a later date. Lloyd Grover Edwards, 80, formerly of Boise and Weiser, died May 11. Memorial services were 10 a.m. May 19 at Hillview United Methodist Church, Boise. Gerald Flinders, 63, Ontario, died May 18 at home. Services pending, Haren-Wood Funeral Chapel, Ontario. Richard Lewis Gabrielson, 69, Council, formerly of Puyallup, Wash., died May 13. Local arrangements, under the direction of Thomason Funeral Home, Weiser. Melvin Graham, 79, New Plymouth, died May 14. Graveside services were 2 p.m. May 17 at Park View Cemetery, New Plymouth. Arrangements were under the direction of Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, New Plymouth.> Howard Delaine Humphrey, 68, Boise, formerly of Council, died May 10. Services were 1:30 p.m. May 15 at Cloverdale Funeral Home, Boise. Burial followed in Cloverdale Memorial Park, Boise. John Hurley, 86, Parma, died May 13 at a Homedale care center. Cremation arrangements by Cremation Society of Idaho. Kathleen "Kay" Marie Kelpin, 72, Payette, died May 13. A celebration of her life was May 17 at 10 a.m. at the Haren-Wood Funeral Chapel, Payette. Calvin DeVon Leishman, 66, Caldwell, formerly of Payette, died May 9. Services were 11 a.m. May 15 at the Caldwell North Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Stake Center. Burial followed in Canyon Hill Cemetery, under the direction of Relyea Funeral Chapel. Ruby Jewel Miller-Myers, 83, Payette, died May 15 at an Ontario hospital. Rosary will be at 7 p.m. May 18 at Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, Payette. Celebration of Life Mass was 10 a.m. May 19 at the Holy Family Catholic Church, Payette. Burial followed at Riverside Cemetery, Payette. Fern Peacock, 82, Payette, died May 18 at an Ontario hospital. At her request no services will be conducted. Arrangements are under the direction of Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, Payette. Amy Rode, 84, died May 16 in Ontario. Graveside services were 1 p.m. (PST) May 19 at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Baker City, Ore., under the direction of the Haren-Wood Funeral Chapel, Ontario. Nellie Mae Ross, 62, Ontario, died May 18 at home. Services will be 2 p.m. May 22 at the First Church of the Nazarene, 1131 Alameda Drive, Ontario. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery, Ontario, under the direction Lienkaemper Chapel, Ontario. Kaylin Schulthies, 15, Nyssa, died May 13, at home. A celebration in memory of her life was May 17 at 11 a.m. at the Nyssa Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Stake Center, Nyssa. Burial followed in the Owyhee Cemetery, under the direction of Lienkaemper Chapel, Nyssa. Helene Terashima, 64, Caldwell, died May 11 from breast cancer. Services were 1 p.m. May 15 at Flahiff Funeral Chapel, Caldwell. Entombment was at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Caldwell. Virginia Vanetti, 71, Nyssa, died May 19 at home. Services pending, Lienkaemper Chapel, Nyssa. Esther Gwenith Whitehead, 73, formerly of Annex, died May 11 in Boise. At the her request, there will be no service.. May 26, 2000 Flora Acordagoitia Arte, 89, Boise, formerly of Jordan Valley, died May 22. Vigil services were 7 p.m. May 25 at Cloverdale Funeral Home, Boise. Funeral Mass was 10:30 a.m. May 26 at Holy Apostles Catholic Church, Meridian. Burial followed at Morris Hill Cemetery. John Keith Cameron, 74, Adrian, died May 18 in a Boise hospital. Services were 10 a.m. May 22 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Owyhee Ward, Nyssa. Burial was 2 p.m. (PST) at Wallowa Cemetery, Wallowa, Ore. Local arrangements under the direction of Lienkaemper Chapel, Nyssa. Ann Marie Carico, 92, Payette, died May 22 at an Ontario hospital. Services were 2 p.m. May 25 at Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, Payette. Gertrude Anne (Evans) Cromwell, 92, Boise, formerly of Midvale, died May 16. Dale L. Grubb, 74, New Plymouth, died May 20 at home. Memorial services were 11 a.m. May 24 at the New Plymouth Congregational Church, New Plymouth, under the direction of the Flahiff Funeral Chapel, Caldwell. John T. Hailey, 89, formerly of Jordan Valley, died May 22 in Hillsboro. Private burial was at Vernonia Memorial Cemetery, Vernonia, Ore. Lillian M. Herold, 81, New Plymouth, died May 22 at home. Services pending, Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, New Plymouth. Gerald R. Hopkins, 50, Bellingham, Wash., formerly of Ontario, died May 11. Services were May 17 at Northwest Baptist Church, Bellingham. Oscar Lopez, 22, Modesto, Calif., a student and member of the TVCC baseball team, died May 24 at Lake Owyhee as the result of a drowning accident. Memorial Liturgy of Christian Burial will be 8 p.m. May 27 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Ontario. Other services will be conducted in Modesto with burial at Lakewood Memorial Park Hughson, Calif. Henry Ben Martinez, 60, Parma, died May 20. Services pending, Mountain View Funeral Home, Boise. Nellie Mae Ross, 62, Ontario, Ore., died May 18 at home of cancer. Services were 2 p.m. May 22 at Ontario's First Church of the Nazarene. Burial followed at Evergreen Cemetery, Ontario. Glenn C. Stephens, 62, Ontario, died May 25 in an Ontario hospital. Memorial graveside inurnment will be 3 p.m. May 31 at Park View Cemetery, New Plymouth, under the direction of Lienkaemper Chapel, Ontario. Velma Leta Stiltz, 94, Ontario, died May 21 at an Ontario hospital. Graveside services were 1 p.m. (PST) May 25 at Mount Hope Cemetery, Baker City, Ore. Arrangements were under the direction of Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, Payette. William Stout, 71, Concord, Calif., formerly of Nyssa, died May 22. No services will be conducted. John Benjamin Wherry Jr., 75, new Plymouth and Ontario, died May 25 at an Ontario care center. Services pending, Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, New Plymouth. ---End---